Orange County Biographies
SAMUEL ARMOR
Transcribed by Carolyn Feroben
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SAMUEL ARMOR, a Supervisor of Orange County from the fourth district, came to
California in 1874, and located on a fruit farm, giving what time he could spare
from the ranch to the carpenter trade. He subsequently taught school in Orange
for three and one-half years; then clerked in a store, and five years ago began
the mercantile business in his own name. He carries a full line of stationery,
fancy articles and boots and shoes. He has contributed to the architectural
beauty of Orange by erecting a fine brick block on the corner of Chapman street
and the plaza, and has taken an active part in building up the city.
He was born in New York State, graduated at Oberlin college, Ohio, in 1871, and
married Miss Alice L. Taylor, who was a graduate of the same class. They both
taught school for two years at White Earth, Minnesota, on the Indian
reservation. After this they taught together in Dakota, and subsequently came to
California. Mr. Armor started in business here with only $250 capital, and in
five years has increased it to $7,000. Although a successful teacher, his
qualifications seem to fit him for business rather than for literary work He was
elected Supervisor July 17, 1889.
SOURCE: An Illustrated History of Southern California: Embracing the Counties
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower
California, from the Earliest Period of Occupancy to the Present Time.... -
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890. Page 872.